Olive, Lady Baillie
Anglo-American heiress, landowner, and hostess (1899–1974) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Olive, Lady Baillie (24 September 1899 – 9 September 1974) was an Anglo-American heiress, landowner and hostess. She is best known as the owner of Leeds Castle, near Maidstone, Kent, England. On her death the castle was bequeathed to a charitable trust to enable it to be open to the public.[1][2]
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Born | Olive Cecilia Paget (1899-09-24)24 September 1899 New York City, U.S. |
Died | 9 September 1974(1974-09-09) (aged 74) London, England |
Spouses | Charles John Frederick Winn
(m. 1919; div. 1925)Arthur Wilson Filmer
(m. 1925; div. 1930) |
Children | 3, including Sir Gawaine Baillie, 7th Baronet |
Parent(s) | Almeric Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough Pauline Payne Whitney |
Relatives | Dorothy Paget (sister) David Russell (grandson) William C. Whitney (grandfather) Lord Alfred Paget (grandfather) |
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